The 1979

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was issued in June 1979 following the general election of that year. The recipients of honours are displayed as they were styled before their new honour.

Life Peers (all Labour)

Baroness

* Lena May Jeger, lately Member of Parliament for Camden, Holborn and St. Pancras South.

Baron

* John Edward Brooks, Chairman of the Labour Party, Wales; former Leader of the Labour Group, County of South Glamorgan * Sir

Myer Galpern Myer Galpern, Baron Galpern, DL (1 January 1903 – 23 September 1993) was a Scottish Labour Party politician. Biography Galpern was born Meyer Galpern in the Gorbals, the son of Morris Galpern, a cabinetmaker, and Anna Talisman. His pare ...

, lately Member of Parliament for Glasgow Shettleston; lately First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons. * Rt Hon. Cledwyn Hughes , lately Member of Parliament for

Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...

. Secretary of State for Wales 1966–1968; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1968–1970. * Rt Hon.

Sydney Irving Sydney Irving, Baron Irving of Dartford PC (1 July 1918 – 18 December 1989) was a British Labour Co-operative politician. Irving was educated at Pendower School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the London School of Economics. He was a school teache ...

, lately Member of Parliament for

Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...

. Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons 1968-70 * Rt Hon. Norman Harold Lever , Member of Parliament for Manchester Central; lately Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster * Rt Hon. William Ross , lately Member of Parliament for

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

. Formerly

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. * Rt Hon. Robert Maitland Michael Stewart , lately Member of Parliament for

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. Formerly Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. * Rt Hon.

George Russell Strauss George Russell Strauss, Baron Strauss PC (18 July 1901 – 5 June 1993) was a long-serving British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 46 years and was Father of the House of Commons from 1974 to 1979. Early life ...

, lately Member of Parliament for

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. Minister of Supply 1947-51 * Henry Reginall Underhill , National Agent of the Labour Party

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The Queen appointed the following to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: *

Ernest Armstrong Ernest Armstrong (12 January 1915 – 8 July 1996) was a British Labour Party politician. Armstrong was educated at Wolsingham Grammar School and City of Leeds Teacher Training College, and ultimately became a headmaster. He served as a counc ...

, Member of Parliament for the

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. Lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

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Jack Ashley Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, (6 December 1922 – 20 April 2012) was a British politician. He was a Labour Member of Parliament in the House of Commons for Stoke-on-Trent South for 26 years, from 1966 to 1992, and subsequently sat in t ...

, Member of Parliament for the Stoke-on-Trent South * Trevor Alec Jones , Member of Parliament for Rhondda. Lately Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office *

Gordon James Oakes Gordon James Oakes (22 June 1931 – 15 August 2005) was a British Labour Party politician. Early life Oakes was born in Widnes, Cheshire, and was educated at Wade Deacon Grammar School, in Widnes and at Liverpool University. A solicitor by p ...

, Member of Parliament for

Widnes Widnes ( ) is an Industrial city, industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it is on t ...

. Lately

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, Department of Education and Science * Harold Walker , Member of Parliament for

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. Lately

, Department of Employment

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* Frank Herbert Barlow , Secretary, Parliamentary Labour Party * John McFarlane Boyd , General Secretary, Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers * Montague Bernard Levine, Personal Physician to the Rt Hon.

James Callaghan Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, ( ; 27 March 191226 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is ...

* Thomas Daniel McCaffrey, Formerly Chief Press Secretary,

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Joseph Percival William Mallalieu Sir (Joseph Percival) William Mallalieu (18 June 1908 – 13 March 1980) was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author. Life He was of Huguenot origin, a son of Frederick Mallalieu, a Member of Parliament. Mallalieu's ancestors ...

, lately Member of Parliament for the East Division of

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. Minister of Defence (

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) 1966–1967.

Board of Trade The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade. Its full title is The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of ...

, 1967–1968.

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1968–1969. * Thomas Gwilym Morris , Chief Constable,

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* Raphael Herman Tuck, lately Member of Parliament for

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Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

* Rt Hon.

Denis Winston Healey Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he remains the longest ...

, Member of Parliament for the

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. Lately

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The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

* Rt Hon. Judith Constance Mary Hart , Member of Parliament for Lanark. Lately

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Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

* Donald Richard Coleman , Member of Parliament for

Neath Neath (; cy, Castell-nedd) is a market town and Community (Wales), community situated in the Neath Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. The town had a population of 50,658 in 2011. The community of the parish of Neath had a po ...

. Lately Vice-Chamberlain of the Household. * Gordon Kenneth Dennis, Farmer,

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* Derek Oliver Gladwin , Regional Secretary, Southern Region, General and Municipal Workers Union * James Hamilton , Member of Parliament for the Bothwell Division of Lanarkshire. Lately

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* John Emrys Jones, Secretary/Organiser, Labour Party, Wales * Ruth Margaret Sharpe , Private and Constituency Secretary to the Rt Hon. James Callaghan *

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, Member of Parliament for the Westhoughton. Lately

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* Derek Adrian Webster, Chairman, '' Scottish Daily Record'' and '' Sunday Mail'' Ltd. * Nigel Leonard Wicks, Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

* Gavyn Davies, Policy Adviser to the Rt Hon. James Callaghan * David John Wise, National Secretary, Co-operative Party * Philip Wood, Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

* Margaret Dougan, Private Secretary to Members of Parliament * David Evans, Chairman, Cardiff South East Labour Party * John David Fletcher Holt, Formerly Private Secretary, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street * Albert Henry Long, Chief Clerk Superintendent, Whips Office, House of Commons * Peter Ronald McClellan Taylor , Office Manager, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street * Eva Florence Thomas, Secretary, Ely Labour Party, Cardiff * Annabel Urquhart, Assistant Scottish Organiser, Labour Party, Scotland * John Bretnall Warwicker, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police

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(BEM)

;Civil Division * Charles Edward Barton, Messenger, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street * Pamela Broughton, Telephonist, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street * Joseph Robert Hazard, Driver to the Rt Hon. James Callaghan * Colin Brian Holden, the Chef at

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* Daisy Elizabeth Riley, Cleaner, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street * Wren Dorothy Woodcock, Stewardess at Chequers

References

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Life Peers (all Labour)

Baroness

Baron

Privy Councillor A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...

Knight Bachelor The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the ...

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

British Empire Medal The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ... (BEM)

References

British Empire Medal The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...
(BEM)